From the Lowville Journal Republican, Lowville, New York, February 22, 1917: Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. Barnum, of Ilion are receiving congratulations over the birth of a son born Friday, Feb. 16. Mrs. Barnum was formerly Miss Belle K. Virkler, of this place.
From the Daily Sentinel, Rome, New York, Saturday, October 19, 1940: Utica, Oct. 19— Frank (Thad) Barnum, 23, New Hartford, died today in St. Elizabeth's Hospital,
Utica, of a fractured skull suffered early this morning when his automobile left the highway and crashed into a telephone pole near the Lean-To on the Clinton road.
From the Utica Daily Press, October 1940: Oct. 19. 1940, Frank (Thad) Barnum, aged 23 years, 100 Genesee St., New Hartford, N. Y Funeral this (Tuesday) morning at 9 o'clock and from St. John's Church. New Hartford, at 9:30, where a requiem high mass will be celebrated. Friends are invited. Interment at Boonville, N. Y.